A review by thebooktrail88
Berättelse om herr Roos by Håkan Nesser

4.0

Visit the locations in The Secret of Mr Roos

There's always a reason to read a Håkan Nesser

Book 3 of the Barbarotti series. This is what I would call slow paced Swedish Noir with a sting in its tail. Characters with more layers than an onion and just as tricky to get to without it affecting your breathing and ability to see clearly. Motivations and secrets come to light and you never know who or why...

Take this story - a man comes into a windfall but decides not to tell his family. He moves into a small cabin in the woods. He's just lost his job but pretends to his wife that he's going to work each day. He's an odd character in more ways than one too!

What follows is a slow building novel with red herrings, shades of doubt and twisty characters blending in that Swedish forest. When Mr Roos goes to his woodland cabin, he's not the only one no -one else knows is there....